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Interested. Send me a PM with pics and asking price. Located in Northeast Ohio.

Definitely interested when you get more.

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So how much rum did you use total? You mention the 8 oz with the bananas, got that part, then you mentioned 6 oz with another vanilla bean in secondary? And then 4 more oz in the bottling bucket? Thanks in advance for clarifying. Great recipe!

IMO that will be overly sweet with Lactose. That just isn't needed in a beer with an original gravity this high unless you are aiming for something REALLY sweet. You will have plenty of residual sweetness with the DME. I'd also go a little lighter with the Caramunich; maybe about half what you...

I brewed this about three weeks ago. I kegged it over the weekend and oh man does it smell good. Couple of things to note; it was racked onto two vanilla beans that I slit and scraped into 2 oz. of Jamaican rum. I also was not able to find canned pumpkin, as most of you have discovered. I ended...

I mashed pretty high at about 155. I figure it will finish around 1.25-30 or so, and that should be sweet enough. I wouldn't add lactose, they don't list it as an ingredient and it's already a fairly high gravity beer. It doesn't need it IMO.

I brewed this over the weekend. Smells great so far. I'll be adding vanilla beans to the secondary. I think that is the ST's secret ingredient. Pumpking Clone A ProMash Recipe Report BJCP Style and Style Guidelines ------------------------------- 21-B Spice/Herb/Vegetable, Christmas/Winter...

Most all milk stouts are made with a small lactose sugar addition which is not fermentable by beer yeast leaving behind a slight residual creamy sweetness. Do not put milk in your beer!

This. The one I'm drinking now was brewed in February. It's just now coming around.

Wow, I can't believe I never thought of that. You wouldn't believe what I've been through trying to get that damn thing to work right. I ended up putting it on the shelf cause I got so frustrated. I'll give it another try using your technique over vacation next week. Thanks!

I'd say 70+. That is merely my opinion though. Also plan on a really long boil. 2+ hours to really get it carmelized, and to also to get your gravity up. For a 5 gallon batch I'd say at least 1.5 lbs of Roasted Barley, and nearly as much Chocolate. You want this thing BLACK, roasty, and...

^ THAT is an awesome sight. I've had tons of problems with my hop stopper loosing siphon right when it gets to the compression fitting connection. I was never able to get it to siphon all the way down, not once. I've tried different tubes, and compression fittings, neither worked. Are you saying...

Your faucet should be fine as long as you disconnect the hose and shut off the outside faucet when you are done. Do you have a shut off that is inside the house? Normally there is a ball valve just before the outside faucet. That way you can shut that off, and then open your outside faucet to...

I've brewed the BYO Clone several times. The thing I've noticed with this beer is that the flavor and aroma fades VERY quickly, like in a couple weeks quickly. For those of you that have had Pliney, you can probably attest to this. I've had bottles ranging from 1 week to 4 weeks old. There is a...